The Regular Infantry of the British Army

The Regiments until 1751

The Seven Years’ War

The American War of Independence

The Wars of the Coalitions and the Napoleonic Wars

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During the long struggle with France expansion was not only done by creating new regiments, but also by raising more battalions in the regiments during one or both phases.

1st Regiment of Foot Guards ⇶ ⇶ ⇶ 1801: 4th Battalion raised ➡ 1804: 4th Battalion disbanded ⇶ ⇶ ⇶
2nd Regiment of Foot Guards ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉
3rd Regiment of Foot Guards ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉
1st Regiment of Foot ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ ⇉ 1804: 3rd, 4th Battalion raised ➡ 1816/7: 4th, 3rd Battalion disbanded ⇉
2nd Regiment of Foot → 1794: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1797: 2nd Battalion disbanded → → → → →
3rd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
4th Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
5th Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
6th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
7th Regiment of Foot → 1795: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1796: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
8th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
9th Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd, 3rd Battalion raised ⇶ 1802: 2nd, 3rd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
10th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
11th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1808: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
12th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1811: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1818: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
13th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
14th Regiment of Foot → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1813: 3rd Battalion raised ⇶ 1816: 2nd, 3rd Battalion disbanded →
15th Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
16th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
17th Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → → → → →
18th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
19th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
20th Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → → → → →
21st Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
22nd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1814: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
23rd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
24th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
25th Regiment of Foot → 1795: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1796: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
26th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1813: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
27th Regiment of Foot → 1800: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1803: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1805: 2nd, 3rd Battalion raised ➡ 1816/7: 3rd, 2nd Battalion disbanded →
28th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
29th Regiment of Foot → 1795: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1796: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
30th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
31st Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1805: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
32nd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
33rd Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
34th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1805: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
35th Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1803: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
36th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
37th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1813: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
38th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
39th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
40th Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
41st Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1813: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1813: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
42nd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1812: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
43rd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
44th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
45th Regiment of Foot → 1800: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → → → → →
46th Regiment of Foot → 1800: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → → → → →
47th Regiment of Foot → 1794: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1795: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
48th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
49th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1813: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
50th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
51st Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
52nd Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1803: 2nd Battalion to 96th Foot ↴ → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
53rd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
54th Regiment of Foot → 1800: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → → → → →
55th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
56th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
57th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
58th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
59th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
60th Regiment of Foot ➡ 1798: 5th Battalion raised ➡ 1799: 6th Battalion raised ➡ 1813/4: 7th, 8th Battalion raised ➡ 1818/9: 8th - 5th Battalion disbanded ➡
61st Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
62nd Regiment of Foot → 1799: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
63rd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
64th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
65th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
66th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1806: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
67th Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
68th Regiment of Foot → 1800: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → → → → →
69th Regiment of Foot → 1795: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1796: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
70th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
71st Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
72nd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
73rd Regiment of Foot → → → → → 1809: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
74th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
75th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
76th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
77th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → → → →
1791: The Queen’s Rangers → → → 1802: disbanded
1793: 78th Regiment of Foot ¹ ⇉ 1796: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1793: 79th Regiment of Foot → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1793: 80th Regiment of Foot → → → → → → →
1793: 81st Regiment of Foot → → → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1793: 82nd Regiment of Foot ¹ ⇉ 1795: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1793: 83rd Regiment of Foot ² → 1795: 2nd Battalion to 134th Foot ↴ → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1793: 84th Regiment of Foot ¹ ⇉ 1795: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1808: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1819: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1794: 85th Regiment of Foot → 1800: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded → → →
1794: 86th Regiment of Foot → → → 1813: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1793: 87th Regiment of Foot → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1793: 88th Regiment of Foot → → → 1805: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1793: 89th Regiment of Foot → → → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1794: 90th Regiment of Foot ¹ ⇉ 1795: 2nd Battalion disbanded → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1817: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1794: 91st Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 92nd Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 93rd Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 94th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 95th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 96th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 97th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 98th Regiment of Foot → 1798: 91st Regiment of Foot → 1804: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1815: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1794: 99th Regiment of Foot → 1798: disbanded
1794: 100th Regiment of Foot → 1798: 92nd Regiment of Foot → 1803: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1814: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1794: 101st Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 102nd Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 103rd Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 104th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 105th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 106th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 107th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 108th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 109th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 110th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 111th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 112th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 113th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 114th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 115th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 116th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 117th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 118th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 119th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 120th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 121st Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 122nd Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 123rd Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 124th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 125th Regiment of Foot → 1795: disbanded
1794: 126th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 127th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 128th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 129th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 130th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 131st Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 132nd Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1794: 133rd Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
↳ from 2nd Battalion, 83rd Foot → 1794: 134th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1796: 135th Regiment of Foot → 1796: disbanded
1799: 93rd Regiment of Foot → 1813: 2nd Battalion raised ⇉ 1816: 2nd Battalion disbanded →
1794: The Scots Brigade → 1802: 94th Regiment of Foot → → → 1818: disbanded
1800: Meuron’s Regiment of Foot → → → 1816: disbanded
1802: Roll’s Regiment of Foot → → → 1816: disbanded
1795: 1st West India Regiment ³ → → → → → → →
1795: 2nd West India Regiment ³ → → → → → → →
1795: 3rd West India Regiment ³ → → → → → 1819: disbanded
1795: 4th West India Regiment ³ → → → → → 1819: disbanded
1795: 5th West India Regiment ³ → → → → → 1817: disbanded
1795: 6th West India Regiment ³ → → → → → 1817: disbanded
1795: 7th West India Regiment ³ → 1802: disbanded
1795: 8th West India Regiment ³ → 1802: disbanded
1798: 9th West India Regiment → 1802: 7th West India Regiment → → → 1816: disbanded
1798: 10th West India Regiment → 1802: disbanded
1798: 11th West India Regiment → 1802: 8th West India Regiment → 1803: disbanded
1798: 12th West India Regiment → 1802: disbanded
1800: The Corps of Rifleman → 1802: 95th Regiment of Foot ⁴ ⇶ 1816: The Rifle Brigade ⇶ 1819: 3rd Battalion disbanded ⇉
↳ from 2nd Battalion, 52nd Foot → 1803: 96th Regiment of Foot → 1816: 95th Regiment of Foot → 1818: disbanded
1798: The Minorca Regiment → 1805: 97th Regiment of Foot → 1816: 96th Regiment of Foot → 1818: disbanded
1805: 98th Regiment of Foot → 1816: 97th Regiment of Foot → 1818: disbanded
1804: 99th Regiment of Foot → 1816: 98th Regiment of Foot → 1818: disbanded
1805: 100th Regiment of Foot → 1816: 99th Regiment of Foot → 1818: disbanded
1806: 101st Regiment of Foot → 1816: disbanded
1789: New South Wales Corps → 1809: 102nd Regiment of Foot → 1816: 100th Regiment of Foot → 1818: disbanded
1809: 103rd Regiment of Foot → 1816: disbanded
1809: 104th Regiment of Foot → 1816: disbanded
 
¹ 1st and 2nd Battalion raised
² 1794: 2nd Battalion raised
³ 1st - 8th West India Regiments were until 1798 known by the names of their commanders, e.g. John Whyte’s Regiment of Foot in the West Indies
⁴ 1805: 2nd Battalion raised; 1809: 3rd Battalion raised
 

From the Napoleonic Wars to the 1881 Reorganisation

The Regiments in 1880

The numbered Regiments from 1751 to 1881

The Reorganisation of 1881

The Regiments in 1881

The Regiments raised during the Second Boer War

The Regiments in 1914

The Battalions raised during the Great War

The Changes between the World Wars

The Regiments in 1939

The Regiments raised during World War II

Changes from 1958 to 1962

The Brigades in 1963

Changes from 1964 to 1970

The Regiments in 1971

Options for change: 1992 to 1994

The Regiments in 1995

Changes from 2003 to 2007

The Regiments in 2008

The Regiments in 2023

Alphabetic List of the Regiments

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